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Explore settlements and heritage sites across both modern Punjabs and connected regions.

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Historical Punjab and the two modern administrative Punjabs have different boundaries. Every place is described within its stated scope.

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Mansa

Mansa is a Punjab district headquarters with a market history and local traditions about the town’s foundation.

Punjab, India
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Markanda River

The Markanda flows from the Shivalik hills towards the Ghaggar; its floodplain appears in Haryana’s geographical and flood records.

Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab region, India
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Maur

Maur, or Maur Mandi, is a Bathinda district town with an agricultural market and railway connections.

Punjab, India
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Moga

Moga is a Punjab town and district headquarters whose history includes agriculture, food processing and changing boundaries.

Punjab, India
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Mohali

Mohali, officially Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, adjoins Chandigarh and has developed a distinct administrative identity.

Punjab, India
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Muktsar

Sri Muktsar Sahib is associated with Guru Gobind Singh and the Forty Muktas, remembered at the Maghi commemoration.

Punjab, India
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Multan: shrines, craft and the old fort

Multan’s historic landscape connects the Chenab plain, monumental tombs and the craft of conservation. A single surviving structure can reveal both medieval patronage and modern repair.

Southern Pakistan Punjab
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Nabha

Nabha in Patiala district was the capital of a princely state and is connected with the Jaito agitation.

Punjab, India
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Nakodar

Discover Nakodar’s historic tombs, nearby Mughal sites and administrative setting.

Punjab, India
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Nangal

Nangal in Rupnagar district is associated with the Bhakra-Nangal river project and a nearby wetland.

Punjab, India
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Nankana Sahib: pilgrimage and Punjabi learning

Shrines associated with Guru Nanak, the organisation of international pilgrimage and a university’s Punjabi department give Nankana Sahib several connected histories.

Pakistan Punjab

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